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You know the usual spiel about how Dynasty Warriors is just repetitive button mashing with no depth?

Well, it isn’t true of this game either, but it is a lot closer to being the case. There isn’t enough depth to warrant how much you’d have to play to actually get everything. Mostly the problem is how the depth comes into the game, unlike Dynasty Warriors 7 where the depth is all about character development, weapon choice, what you equip your character with and of course, the character itself, and the permutations there of, in Ken’s Rage, not so much. It has some of those things, but with only a handful of characters and three main character types. There’s a little less to play with, and the main problem is despite all the character growth it does have, the real meat of the initial play before you really open up other modes properly is the Legend Mode with Kenshiro.

It’s most definitely a game. And a Western. I hate Westerns. This may have affected the rest of the review, but probably not. If it were better, I would have liked it despite being a Western. Continue reading →

Heavy Rain is one of the best games I have ever had the pleasure of playing. Did you notice that I called it a game? Interactive Movie? Collection of Quick-time Events? Giant Cut-scene? Nope, game. Divisive it certainly is, brilliant it certainly is. For everyone, probably not, but what game is? It is however, inarguably excellent.

Well, this is certainly a Bioware RPG, and if you really, really like the Bioware games you’re going to absolutely love this game, you’ll probably declare it Game Of The Year 2010, even though it clearly won’t be.